Mucilage-container.



REA.

MUCILAGE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3. 1911.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

WITNESSES ATTORN EY so designed to panying VERNE REA, OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

MUCILAGE-QON'TAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1919.

Application filed August 3, 1917. Serial No. 184,310.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VERNE REA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Durham,

in the county of Durham and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in the following is a specification.

The present invention.relates generally to mucilage receptacles of that type wherein the receptacle is supported at all times in.

an lnverted position in order that the sealing fluid therein will be fed in a direction toward and upon the spreader secured over the outlet of such receptacle, thereby permitting of a thorough saturation of the spreader, in orderthat no difficulty or delay may be experienced when the use of the same is desired; and further I With these objects in view, I contemplate' providing a, receptacle having its neck portion formed with annular recesses, one recess being of greater diameter than the other recess, which, upon the assemblage of the cap thereon, will prevent its contact with the spreader, consequently the cap may be removed without the liability of the same cleaving. to the spreader.

Furthermore, I aim in providing a cap hermetically seal the receptacle during the storage or transportation of the same.

With the above and other objects theinvention consists in the novel in view, features,

details of construction and combination of parts which will hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing-and pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure '1 is, a view showing my mucilage receptacle with part of the cap broken away; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View of the bottle; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view. Referring more particularly to the accomdrawing, in which like'characters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views, the niucilage receptacle is denoted generally by the character 5 comprising a hollow cylindrical body portion 6 formed with a convexed bottom 7 to compel the operator to place the receptacle at all times in an inverted or capsized position, as

Mucilage-Containersof which quently, at the aim in providing a mucilage receptacle which may be simple in construction, durable and eflicient spreader pose upon the shoulder 12 clearly illustrated in- Fig. 1, consequently,- the mucllage contained therein will flow or be fed downwardly toward the open mouth 8 ofthe receptacle. Provided on the upper end of the body 6 is astep-shaped neck 9 forming around the neck a lower annular recess 10 and an upper annular recess 11, the latter mentioned recess being of smaller diameter than is the recess 10, while the recess 10 is of smaller diameter than is the diameter of the body portion 6, consepoint of formation of the neck with the body, I have provided an annular shoulder 12, and above the shoulder 12 and offset inwardly of the same is a second shoulder 13, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth as the description. of the invention is proceeded with.

14 denotes a spreader formed of gauze,

mesh fabric or the like'material having its strands closely woven together to prevent the mucilage from percolating through the spreader previous tothe application of the to the device desired to besealed, all of which will be clearly understood to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and this spreader'is connected in the smaller annular recess '11 by a suitable clamping band 15. A hollow cap 16 is utilized in establishing a seal tight con- .nection between the receptacle and body portionand preventing the ingress of air to the contents of such receptacle. To this end, the flange 17 of the ,cap is of a diameter approximately equaling the diameter of the enlarged annular recess 10, whereby when the cap is placed on the neck 9 of the receptacle, the same will embrace and frictionally engage with the wall of said recess and rehis manner of connecting the cap with the neck, and by the sealer 18 secured to the inner wall of the top 19 of said cap, will hermetically seal the receptacle and prevent any of the mucilage within the receptacle from percolating through the spreader during the storage or transportation of the receptacle. This sealer 18 comprises a disk 20 connected with the inner wall of the top'l9 through the medium of a coi'l spring 21, and as is obvious, this spring Will at all times tension the disk 20 into contact with the active surface of the spreader-14.

From the foregoing description, taken in of the bottle.

connection with the accompanying drawing,

the advantages of construction and the method of operation will be readily appar-. ent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while I have described the principles of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new, is

A mucilage receptacle comprising a body formed with a neck, a spreader therefor,

-Wall, a spring interiorly of the cap,

and a cap fitting over the neck of the bottle for shielding said spreader, said cap comprlslng an annular flange and a closed top and a disk of a diameter equalingthe interior diameter of said cap and connected wit the free end of saidspring; and serving to resiliently engage with the spreader upon the application of the cap with said neck,

substantially as and for the purpose speci- VERNE REA. 

